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JUNE 2014 978-1-62313-1494 “We are the Walking Dead” Killings of Shia Hazara in Balochistan, Pakistan Glossary .............................................................................................................................. i Map of Pakistan ................................................................................................................ iii Map of Balochistan ........................................................................................................... iv Summary ........................................................................................................................... 1 Key Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 6 To the Government of Pakistan .......................................................................................... 6 To the Provincial Government of Balochistan ..................................................................... 6 To Major Donors and Pakistan’s External Partners, including the United States, European Union, Japan, Australia, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank ......................... 7 Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 8 I. Sectarian Militancy in Pakistan ....................................................................................... 9 The Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and the Hazara ...................................................................... 11 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Pakistan ................................................................................................. 12 Malik Ishaq ...................................................................................................................... 13 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Balochistan ............................................................................................ 16 II. Attacks on Hazara and Other Shia in Balochistan .......................................................... 19 Hazara Mosque Attack, July 2003 ............................................................................................ 19 Targeted Killing of Dr. Abid Iqbal, August 2009 ...................................................................... 20 2010: Escalating Violence ....................................................................................................... 22 Targeted Killing of Dr. Nadir Khan, January 2010 ................................................................ 22 Suicide Bombing of Hospital, Quetta, April 2010 ............................................................... 22 Targeted Killing of Dr. Qamber Hussain, May 2010 ............................................................ 23 Suicide Bombing on Al Quds Rally, September 2010 ......................................................... 24 2011: Worsening Brutality ....................................................................................................... 25 Spini Road Attack, July 2011 ............................................................................................. 25 Eid Day Suicide Bombing, August 2011 ............................................................................ 26 Mastung Massacre, September 2011 ............................................................................... 28
Akhtarabad Massacre, October 2011 ................................................................................ 29 2012: Rising Body Count ......................................................................................................... 30 Attack on Hazara shops, Prince Road, Quetta, April 2012 .................................................. 30 Attack on Taxi, Brewery Road, Quetta, April 2012 .............................................................. 31 Quetta Passport Office Killings, May 2012 ......................................................................... 32 University Bus Suicide Bombing, June 2012 ...................................................................... 33 Twin Attacks on September 1, 2012................................................................................... 34 Mastung Pilgrim Bus Bombing, September 2012 ............................................................... 34 Targeted Shooting in Kuchlak, October 2012 ..................................................................... 35 Targeted Attack on Auto Repair Shop, Sirki Road, Quetta, October 2012 ............................ 35 Spinney Road, Quetta Taxi attacks, November 2012 .......................................................... 36 Targeted Killings in Qandahari Bazaar, Quetta, November 2012 ........................................ 37 Targeted Killings in Qandahari Bazar, Quetta, December 2012 .......................................... 38 2013-14: Unprecedented Massacres ........................................................................................ 38 Alamdar Road Snooker Club Suicide Bombing, January 2013 ............................................. 39 Quetta Hazara Town Vegetable Market Bomb Attack, February 2013 ................................. 40 Mastung Pilgrim Bus Bombing, January 2014 ................................................................... 40 Taftan Attack, June 2014 .................................................................................................. 40 III. Impact of Violence on Quetta’s Hazara Community ...................................................... 42 IV. State Response to Attacks on Hazara ........................................................................... 46 Military and Paramilitary Forces ............................................................................................. 46 Civilian Law Enforcement and the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ............................................................... 47 Judicial Response ................................................................................................................... 50 V. Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 52 To the Government of Pakistan ............................................................................................... 52 To the Provincial Government of Balochistan .......................................................................... 52 To Major Donors and Pakistan’s External Partners, including the United States, European Union, Japan, Australia, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank ........................................ 53 Annex I: List of Shia Victims of Targeted Killings in Balochistan, 2008- 2012 .................... 54 Annex II ............................................................................................................................ 58 Translation of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Public Threat to the Hazara Community .............................. 58 Annex III ........................................................................................................................... 61 Chief Minister Aslam Raisani’s Statement on the Mastung Massacre, October 5, 2011 ............. 61 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................ 62
Page 1 and 2: H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H “
Page 3: Copyright © 2014 Human Rights Watc
Page 7 and 8: Pakistani military; it consists pri
Page 9 and 10: Map of Balochistan © Human Rights
Page 11 and 12: This report documents Sunni militan
Page 13 and 14: powerful and prosperous Punjab prov
Page 15 and 16: Key Recommendations The Pakistan go
Page 17 and 18: Methodology This report is based on
Page 19 and 20: and Shia. The new revolutionary gov
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Page 23 and 24: Ishaq has maintained a close workin
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Page 29 and 30: the killers. Members of our communi
Page 31 and 32: 2010: Escalating Violence Sunni ext
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Page 47 and 48: the arm as a result of which it bro
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IV. State Response to Attacks on Ha
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Similarly, Capital City Police Offi
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Judicial Response Pakistan’s Cons
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V. Recommendations To the Governmen
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Annex I: List of Shia Victims of Ta
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DATE VICTIMS LOCATION ALLEGED ACT S
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Annex II Translation of Lashkar-e-J
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Acknowledgments This report was wri
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